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    Monica Blackmun Visonà

    Monica Blackmun Visonà  is Professor of Art History and Visual Studies and affiliate faculty in African American and Africana Studies at the University of Kentucky. Her primary research has been conducted in Ivory Coast and Ghana, and she has interviewed artists and curators in eight other African nations. She was principal author of the first two editions of A History of Art in Africa, and she co-edited (with Gitti Salami) A Companion to Modern African Art. Her other publications include Constructing African Art Histories for the Lagoons of Côte d’Ivoire.

    Dr. Blackmun Visonà authored five chapters on the art of Africa from early art through the postcolonial period, integrating them with chapters on ancient Egypt and Islamic art. Drawing on twenty years of teaching global surveys, she contributed to the Part Openers, several Seeing Connections features, and the Linkages.

    Monica Blackmun Visonà

    Monica Blackmun Visonà  is Professor of Art History and Visual Studies and affiliate faculty in African American and Africana Studies at the University of Kentucky. Her primary research has been conducted in Ivory Coast and Ghana, and she has interviewed artists and curators in eight other African nations. She was principal author of the first two editions of A History of Art in Africa, and she co-edited (with Gitti Salami) A Companion to Modern African Art. Her other publications include Constructing African Art Histories for the Lagoons of Côte d’Ivoire.

    Dr. Blackmun Visonà authored five chapters on the art of Africa from early art through the postcolonial period, integrating them with chapters on ancient Egypt and Islamic art. Drawing on twenty years of teaching global surveys, she contributed to the Part Openers, several Seeing Connections features, and the Linkages.

    Books by Monica Blackmun Visonà

    • The History of Art: A Global View

      Monica Blackmun Visonà, Cynthia Colburn, Ömür Harmansah, Deborah Hutton, Eric Kjellgren, Rex Koontz, De-nin D. Lee, Henry Luttikhuizen, Allison Lee Palmer, Jean Robertson, Stacey Sloboda

      First Edition, Paperback, 2022

    • The History of Art: A Global View: Prehistory to 1500

      Jean Robertson, Deborah Hutton, Cynthia Colburn, Ömür Harmansah, Eric Kjellgren, Rex Koontz, De-nin D. Lee, Henry Luttikhuizen, Allison Lee Palmer, Stacey Sloboda, Monica Blackmun Visonà

      Second Edition, Volume 1, Paperback, 2026

      A flexible, global approach that helps students draw cross-cultural connections and see the big picture

    • The History of Art: A Global View: 1300 to the Present

      Jean Robertson, Deborah Hutton, Cynthia Colburn, Ömür Harmansah, Eric Kjellgren, Rex Koontz, De-nin D. Lee, Henry Luttikhuizen, Allison Lee Palmer, Stacey Sloboda, Monica Blackmun Visonà

      Second Edition, Volume 2, Paperback, 2026

      A flexible, global approach that helps students draw cross-cultural connections and see the big picture

    • The Concise History of Art: A Global View: Prehistory to the Present

      Jean Robertson, Deborah Hutton, Cynthia Colburn, Ömür Harmansah, Eric Kjellgren, Rex Koontz, De-nin D. Lee, Henry Luttikhuizen, Allison Lee Palmer, Stacey Sloboda, Monica Blackmun Visonà

      Concise Second Edition, Paperback, 2026

      A flexible, concise global approach helps students draw cross-cultural connections and see the big picture

    • The History of Art: A Global View: Prehistory to 1500

      Jean Robertson, Deborah Hutton, Cynthia Colburn, Ömür Harmansah, Eric Kjellgren, Rex Koontz, De-nin D. Lee, Henry Luttikhuizen, Allison Lee Palmer, Stacey Sloboda, Monica Blackmun Visonà

      Second Edition, Volume 1, E Book, 2026

      A flexible, global approach that helps students draw cross-cultural connections and see the big picture

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